I don’t get satisfaction in life 
I have no purpose I have no motivation
I didn’t for years and then I found out key life changes I needed to make and meds I needed to be on and now I finally do enjoy life again. Never say never!!
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I have good meds , but meds doesn’t change anything, I am hopeless
I didn’t just say meds I also said key lifestyle changes. YEARS of therapy. Self reflection and analyzing. Organizing my sleep, regular activities and mental stimulation. Reaching out to friends and forming a supportive social network. Learning how to advocate for myself and realizing the things I wanted in life wouldn’t just happen someday spontaneously I had to make them happen. So many things.
Meds alone would not have got me to where I am today. But certain ones I’m on definitely help!!
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If you have no motivation you cannot do anything
Yeah. Honestly that’s what I needed medication to fix. Once the meds fixed that then I was good to go.
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You don’t have sz Anna your situation is different. You are lucky you are doing great … keep on doing
Technically I was diagnosed with schizoaffective. But I agree my situation is very different because I believe what were intially thought to be my negative symptoms were actually just from my sleep disorder. But I’m not a psychiatrist what do I know, right? 
(For the record I have experienced crippling lack of motivation, no ability to concentrate, total inability to feel excitement or pleasure, etc. it was just caused by something different)
It’s unfortunate because most APs tend to make negative symptoms worse. However I KNOW there will eventually be medication geared towards treating negatives, and I think that will be life changing for many.
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I don’t know if a lack of motivation can be conquered by medication. Negative symptoms are really hard to treat. People can tell you that you just have to push through it and put mind over matter all they want, but it’s a lot easier said than done. I’ve been there. Heck, I’d be there now if not for this mania. I was there about about five days ago! Just hang in there and know that you aren’t alone. You haven’t done anything to bring this on; you aren’t a failure for it. I’m guessing you do the best that you can. When you are able to do something, run with it. In the meantime, try for what you can but don’t be so hard on yourself. SZ is a very difficult disease.
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I hate doing everything
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Alexei, me too I am very passive. I look like an elephant because of the meds. Me too I hate doing everything often. The others cant understand. But aren’t you Russian? My mom is Russian, from Moscow. Zdravstvui!
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No I am not Russian I know a littlebit russian
Ok, I am wrong… me too I feel quite screwed. I am even suicidal today. I do very few efforts in my mothers opinion and I just wait here…
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